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- SNAP HOOK. No. 274,694. Patented Manz?, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. ff

FRANKLIN C. AYRES, OF `DEADWOOD, DAKOTA TERRITORY.

SNAP-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of "Letters Patent N o. 274,694, dated March27, 1883. i

` Application filed November 23, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom @t may concern Be it known that I, F. C. AYREs, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of Deadwood, in the county ot'Lawrence and Territory of Dakota, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Snap-Hooks; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operationof the saine, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a partot' this specitication, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a perspective view of my snaphook. Fig. 2 isa top or plan view of the same, and Figs. 3 and 4 are detail Vviews ofthe tongue.

This invention has relation to snap-hooks; and it consists in theconstruction and novel arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter a designates the body of asnap-hooklformed withthe eye or loop b at right angles to the pla-ne ofthe hook o. The shank i of the hook c extends forward from the loop b,is curved downward'andupward, and then rearward to the bevelend Z, anenlarged portion, k, being formed at thejunction of the advancing andreceding curves of the hook. On the body portion is formed a shoulder orprojection, d, which is slotted verticallyat c in the direction of thecentral plane of the hook, and is perforated laterally for the receptionof a securingpin.`

g indicates an .arm having a spring-shank,

h, of ribbon form, and an enlarged head portion,'k, which is formed witha laterally-beveled end, l. inserted into the slotted seat e of theshoulder or bearing d, and is held therein by means of a pin or rivet,m. The plane of the shank h lies in the direction of the central planeof the hook c, the end ot' which is laterally beveled in the oppositedirection to engage the beveled end of the arm g, as shown in thedrawings. The arm g is held in a firm manner against any pulling orpressure` exerted in the direc-V tion ofthe plane of the hook, butpossesses lateral elasticity, so that it will yield when pressedsidewise either in attaching or detaching it. v

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

In a snap-hook, the combination, with the body portion a, having loopl), shank i, bevel end hook, c, andthe shoulder d, slotted vertically ate in the direction of the central plane ot' the hook, and perforatedlaterally at m, of the arm g, having the perforated ribbon shank h, andthe enlarged head k, provided with the laterally-beveled' end l, the twoparts united by the rivet or pin, substantially as speciiied.

The springsbank'h of this arm is In testimony that I claim the above Ihave

